After a drop of rain late into Tuesday evening, I think our current brief heatwave has probably come to an end. It was hot again on Tuesday but unlike the previous two days it didn’t get high enough to make it into the list of top twenty hottest days.
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| Temperature Records 22-28 August 2019 |
I think it’s probably safe now to publish an updated list of hottest days for the last ten years as it’s unlikely there will be any more additions this year.
The high temperatures late into August this year have been out of step with the previous 9 years when Augusts have definitely cooled off towards the end of the month rather than warming up like this year. The table below shows the colour coded temperatures, red to blue representing hot to cold, for the last 10 years .
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| August Daily High Temperatures from 2010 - 2019 |
It's easy to see how unusual it is to get a splash of red representing the hottest August days at the end of the month.
It's a little difficult to make out from the chart but 31.2°C (88.2°F) recorded on 26 August 2019 became our hottest August day taking over top spot from 01 August 2013 when the temperature reached 31.1°C or 88.0°F.
The heat has meant that any gardening activities requiring some effort, such as lifting potatoes, were put on hold waiting for cooler weather to arrive.
It seems that over the next few days the weather will cool down considerably as meteorological autumn begins on Sunday.
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